Me (singing, loudly): I LIKE TO SING. I LIKE TO SING AT SCHOOOOOL<\/p>\n
Grandboy: Gwumpa. We DON’T sing at school<\/p>\n
Me: WHAT? You should always sing at school<\/p>\n
Grandboy: No gwumpa. No singing at school.<\/p>\n
Me: Well that’s too bad. Singing at school is a good thing.<\/p>\n
Grandboy (later, drawing on paper, and singing to himself): i like to sing… i like to sing at schoooool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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